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raymor · 12-13-2011, 03:59 PM

Wikipedia shouldn't be cited as a source because it's not a source. No new information appears first on wikipedia (or any other encyclopedia). It's a collection of second hand abstracts. Encyclopedias get there information from somewhere. That somewhere is the source.

What's the difference? Try playing the telephone game sometime and you'll see why. Ray Morris include in a report that based on his analysis of 1,00,000 hits, 48% of porn surfers on gay sites used IE at least part of the time. The next day someone who read the report will post on GFY that most people on gay porn sites use IE. Someone will read that and later post on wikipedia that most IE users are gay.
What the source said and what was put on wikipedia are not the same.

12-13-2011, 03:59 PM
raymor Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,745	Wikipedia shouldn't be cited as a source because it's not a source. No new information appears first on wikipedia (or any other encyclopedia). It's a collection of second hand abstracts. Encyclopedias get there information from somewhere. That somewhere is the source. What's the difference? Try playing the telephone game sometime and you'll see why. Ray Morris include in a report that based on his analysis of 1,00,000 hits, 48% of porn surfers on gay sites used IE at least part of the time. The next day someone who read the report will post on GFY that most people on gay porn sites use IE. Someone will read that and later post on wikipedia that most IE users are gay. What the source said and what was put on wikipedia are not the same. __________________ For historical display only. This information is not current: support@bettercgi.com ICQ 7208627 Strongbox - The next generation in site security Throttlebox - The next generation in bandwidth control Clonebox - Backup and disaster recovery on steroids